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Energy Quiz

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to the text, what is the definition of energy?

a)

Something that is created to perform work

b)

Something that must be changed or transferred in order to do something

c)

A force that moves objects

d)

The power stored in a battery

2.

What is the unit for measuring the amount of energy?

a)

Newton (N)

b)

Watt (W)

c)

Joule (J)

d)

Meter (m)

3.

Which of the following is an example of kinetic energy?

a)

A stretched spring

b)

A battery

c)

A runner moving

d)

A book on a shelf

4.

Where is chemical energy stored?

a)

In moving objects

b)

In hot objects

c)

In food, batteries, and fuels

d)

In vibrating objects

5.

What type of energy is stored in a compressed spring?

a)

Gravitational potential energy

b)

Elastic potential energy

c)

Kinetic energy

d)

Thermal energy

6.

Gravitational potential energy is stored when an object is:

a)

Heated up

b)

Moved faster

c)

Lifted away from a source of gravity

d)

Stretched or squeezed

7.

Thermal energy is described as:

a)

Energy stored in moving objects

b)

Heat energy stored in hot objects and transferred to colder objects

c)

Visible energy from luminous objects

d)

The flow of current in a circuit

8.

Which of the following is classified as an energy transfer?

a)

Chemical energy

b)

Gravitational potential energy

c)

Electrical energy

d)

Elastic potential energy

9.

Sound energy is transferred from:

a)

Luminous objects

b)

Vibrating objects

c)

Hot objects

d)

Stretched objects

10.

What kind of energy does a luminous object give out?

a)

Sound energy

b)

Light energy

c)

Chemical energy

d)

Kinetic energy

11.

Which of the following stores chemical energy?

a)

Uncooked rice

b)

A moving car

c)

A stretched rubber band

d)

A falling rock

12.

Which energy store formed millions of years ago?

a)

Wind

b)

Coal and crude oil

c)

Geothermal heat

d)

Solar light

13.

Which type of energy is considered 'quite easy to store'?

a)

Sound energy

b)

Light energy

c)

Chemical energy

d)

Kinetic energy

14.

Water in a high tank stores which type of energy?

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Thermal energy

c)

Gravitational potential energy

d)

Chemical energy

15.

Which energy store is described as lasting only for a short time?

a)

Chemical energy in coal

b)

Gravitational potential energy in a dam

c)

Kinetic energy in a moving tennis ball

d)

Chemical energy in rice

16.

Why is thermal energy difficult to store for a long time?

a)

It turns into light immediately

b)

Hot objects eventually cool down

c)

It is too heavy

d)

It evaporates

17.

In a circuit with a battery and a lamp, what energy is stored in the battery?

a)

Electrical

b)

Light

c)

Chemical

d)

Thermal

18.

In a circuit, what type of energy is transferred in the wires?

a)

Chemical

b)

Electrical

c)

Sound

d)

Kinetic

19.

What process changes chemical energy in wood to thermal energy?

a)

Melting

b)

Freezing

c)

Burning

d)

Lifting

20.

When you walk up stairs, you change chemical energy from food into:

a)

Light energy

b)

Sound energy

c)

Kinetic energy

d)

Electrical energy

21.

As you move higher up stairs, kinetic energy is changed into:

a)

Elastic potential energy

b)

Gravitational potential energy

c)

Thermal energy

d)

Chemical energy

22.

In a power station using natural gas, the first energy change is:

a)

Kinetic to Electrical

b)

Chemical to Thermal

c)

Thermal to Kinetic

d)

Electrical to Light

23.

In a power station, what converts kinetic energy to electrical energy?

a)

The boiler

b)

The cooling tower

c)

Large generators

d)

The power lines

24.

Energy changes can be described as:

a)

Always useful

b)

Always dangerous

c)

A process or event

d)

A type of fuel

25.

Which natural event is mentioned as an example of a dangerous energy change?

a)

Rainfall

b)

A typhoon

c)

A sunrise

d)

Plant growth

26.

What is the useful energy change in a television?

a)

Electrical to Sound and Light

b)

Chemical to Thermal

c)

Kinetic to Gravitational potential

d)

Thermal to Light

27.

When a book falls from a shelf, what energy change occurs?

a)

Kinetic to Chemical

b)

Gravitational potential to Kinetic

c)

Thermal to Sound

d)

Electrical to Light

28.

A bus going uphill is gaining:

a)

Chemical energy

b)

Kinetic energy only

c)

Gravitational potential energy

d)

Elastic potential energy

29.

The noise a bus engine makes represents which energy transfer?

a)

Thermal

b)

Sound

c)

Light

d)

Electrical

30.

The fuel carried by a bus is a store of:

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Thermal energy

c)

Chemical energy

d)

Gravitational potential energy

31.

The squeezed tyres of a bus store:

a)

Gravitational potential energy

b)

Elastic potential energy

c)

Kinetic energy

d)

Thermal energy

32.

Which of the following is NOT listed as a store of energy?

a)

Chemical

b)

Kinetic

c)

Light

d)

Thermal

33.

Which of the following is listed as a transfer of energy?

a)

Kinetic

b)

Chemical

c)

Sound

d)

Gravitational potential

34.

What is the useful energy output of an electric lamp?

a)

Sound

b)

Heat

c)

Light

d)

Movement

35.

What is the useful energy output of a radio?

a)

Light

b)

Sound

c)

Heat

d)

Kinetic

36.

A burning candle converts chemical energy into:

a)

Sound and Light

b)

Light and Thermal energy

c)

Kinetic and Sound

d)

Electrical and Thermal

37.

Which of these items contains stored chemical energy?

a)

A hot rock

b)

A battery

c)

A moving car

d)

A light bulb

38.

When water freezes, energy is:

a)

Transferred from the water to the surroundings

b)

Transferred from the surroundings to the water

c)

Stored in the ice

d)

Created by the cold

39.

A falling rock possesses:

a)

Elastic potential energy

b)

Chemical energy

c)

Kinetic energy

d)

Electrical energy

40.

A book lifted onto a shelf possesses:

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Gravitational potential energy

c)

Chemical energy

d)

Thermal energy

41.

Which of the following energy stores lasts for a long time?

a)

Thermal energy in a cup of tea

b)

Kinetic energy in a rolling ball

c)

Chemical energy in wood

d)

Sound energy from a speaker

42.

Kinetic energy is more difficult to store than chemical energy because:

a)

Moving objects eventually stop

b)

It is invisible

c)

It is too heavy

d)

It requires fuel

43.

The text defines 'fuel' as a store of:

a)

Thermal energy

b)

Chemical energy

c)

Kinetic energy

d)

Electrical energy

44.

What happens to the energy in a tennis ball when it stops moving?

a)

It is destroyed

b)

It is stored forever

c)

It has been transferred or changed

d)

It becomes gravitational potential energy

45.

Which of these is an example of an 'event' that changes energy?

a)

A battery sitting on a table

b)

A book falling from a shelf

c)

Water in a tank

d)

Coal in the ground

46.

Electrical energy is transferred through:

a)

Air

b)

Wires

c)

Pipes

d)

Vibrations